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Transmission of COVID-19 in the terminal stages of the incubation period: A familial cluster

2020; Elsevier BV; Volume: 96; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ijid.2020.03.027

1878-3511

Peng Li, Jibo Fu, Kefeng Li, Jie-nan Liu, Hongling Wang, Leijie Liu, Yan Chen, Yongli Zhang, Shelan Liu, An Tang, Zhendong Tong, Jianbo Yan,

COVID-19 epidemiological studies

We report a familial cluster of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to assess its potential transmission during the incubation period. The first patient in this familial cluster was identified during the presymptomatic period, as a close contact of a confirmed patient. Five family members had close contact with this first patient during his incubation period, with four of them confirmed positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the subsequent sampling tests.